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Perfectionist Politics - Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy (Hardcover): Douglas M. Strong

Perfectionist Politics - Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy (Hardcover)

Douglas M. Strong

Series: Religion and Politics

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Perfectionist Politics is the story of an important, but overlooked, antebellum reform movement: ecclesiastical abolitionism. Douglas M. Strong examines those radical evangelical Protestants who seceded from proslavery denominations and reorganized themselves into independent antislavery congregations.

Mirroring political abolitionist activity -- particularly in the "burned-over district" of New York State -- the ecclesiastical abolitionists formed a network of abolition churches and became the primary focus of Liberty Party electioneering strategy.

Ecclesiastical abolitionists justified this clear connection between church and state through the ethical experience of evangelical perfectionism. A vote for the Liberty Party became a mark of one's holiness. Perfectionist concepts also provided ecclesiastical abolitionists with a theological compass that enabled them to steer a middle course between two poles of U.S. democratic society -- the need for institutional structure on one hand and the desire for greater individual liberty on the other.

Strong contends that Liberty Party politics can be understood only as part of a broader perfectionist religious culture and specifically as an antebellum reflection of the popularized theological principle of "entire sanctification".

General

Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Religion and Politics
Release date: June 1999
First published: December 1998
Authors: Douglas M. Strong
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-2793-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General
Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches
LSN: 0-8156-2793-9
Barcode: 9780815627937

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